Guarding the Bodys

Award-winning actor Jack Loy talks about growing up in Birmingham and appearing in Wolverhampton.

Stage legend hands boost to Rep fundraiser

Ian McKellen raises £140,000 for Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Renovation plans revealed for Birmingham Rep

£2.5 million scheme to put Birmingham Repertory Theatre centre stage.

Scenes from a Brummie Iliad at the Rep

Ark at that! Homer’s Trojan war poem gets the Brummie treatment.

Review: Hobson’s Choice

Simon Hale watches a revival from Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Two new directors for Birmingham Hippodrome

City theatre adds to management team.

Review: Venice Preserved at The Swan, Stratford

Richard Lutz is dragged into the world of Restoration noir at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Review: Don Pasquale

Simon Hale enjoys an updated version of a classic opera.

Lottery grant boost for Old Rep

Funding will help increase accessibility at iconic theatre.

Chance to see backstage at the Rep

Backstage Pass offers a taste of life at Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Cast of hit musical visits local gardens

Calendar Girls plant a legacy of sunflowers at Birmingham’s Winterbourne House & Gardens.

Birmingham European Festival launches anniversary programme

Celebrating ten years of exceptional performance from Europe’s four corners.

MAC presents The Chef Show

“Deliciously entertaining” cookery comedy play coming to Birmingham.

Drag show for kids begins UK tour

Event aims to celebrate diversity in response to anti-LGBTQ protests.

Birmingham theatre company enters Wonderland

Crescent to stage production of adapted classic.

Commissioning boost for young Birmingham artists

Thirteen Birmingham-based artists to join Gallery 37 commissioning programme.

Review: The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa at Symphony Hall

Richard Lutz grabs a barstool for a 3D version of the original Mother of Invention.

Review: The Provoked Wife at The Swan in Stratford

Richard Lutz takes a pew for a 300 year-old sex comedy that’s still alive and kicking.

Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a play about Afghanistan’s enduring nightmare.

Environmental message to be performed at city gardens

Picnic and a play to show the effects of sea pollution.

Jay talking

A chat with rock’n’rollers the Bluejays.

Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon

Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.

Review: The Half God of Rainfall

“A torrent of words but a drop too much,” says Richard Lutz.

As You Like It: Bells, whistles but all too tricksy

Richard Lutz takes his Stratford pew for Shakespeare’s intriguing forest comedy.

Funding enables park date for Sutton children’s opera

Storytelling and music combine in a new commission for Sutton Coldfield.

Birmingham Rep announce new appointments

Artistic and Executive Directors to take up posts.

Tribute to legendary actor comes to Artrix

Celebrating the life and times of John Le Mesurier.

Review: Kinky Boots

Simon Hale has a great night out at the Hippodrome’s production of the award-winning musical.

Lichfield Festival 2019 – first events revealed

Theatre, music and street parades on offer in family festival.

Murder on the railways

Exciting new murder mystery on the Severn Valley.